Too Young?

About a week ago I posted a thread asking for some suggestions for some good winter and some good summer scents.

I've decided that for summer I would choose Nautica Voyage and PE 360 Red.

The problem I've encountered is choosing my winter scents. As I live in Canada these will be important and I am looking for 3 god casual every day winter scents.

I was Looking at Burberry London, Boss #6 and Rochas Man as my 3 casual winter colognes, however, I have been wondering if [B]Burberry London[B] is just too mature smelling for me. This worry follows the other two frags as well.

I know that many times people say 'whatever you think fits you' but the problem is that I have to blind buy all of mine! I really need some good honest opinions about what you would think if you smelt a 15 year old kid wearing Burberry London, Rochas Man, and Boss#6 and wether or not these are simply good buys in general!

Re: Too Young?

You'd just really have to smell London to know. I don't find it a "mature" scent, but then again, I'm far from a teenager anymore. I would think Rochas Man & Boss #6 would be quite safe, however. That being said, have you checked out Givenchy Play Intense? I find that to be a slightly more "youthful" version similar to Rochas Man. Also, you could check out Burberry Brit if you think London may be too mature for you. Best of luck!

Re: Too Young?

I guess some of us may be puzzled as to what you want. I wear fragrance for my own enjoyment, so it really matters to me that the fragrance I wear smells good TO ME. I would rather have one good fragrance than three I'm not crazy about. Some people could argue that wearing fragrance is for men, and that any fragrance out there is "too old" for you unless it has a cartoon character on the box. It almost sounds like there is some rule that a h.s. student needs to have a rotation of a few fragrances which allow him to seem cool amongst his peers, but those fragrances need to be "cool" enough or the effect may backfire.

I get peer pressure. You can wear Fierce or Axe and smell like many other HS boys, or you can smell original and risk other people not recognizing the scent and considering it different in some way: too old, too weird, too strong, too feminine, too whatever. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to buy without smelling beforehand, you are taking a risk that a. you may not like it, and b. other people may not like it either. There is no fragrance that everyone who meets you is going to love. You ask us what we recommend, and we tell you what we like or what we think you might like, but we can't really know. Our stereotypes about what a kid your age or style or situation might like are just slightly more sophisticated than just telling you to wear what everyone else wears.

If you are too worried about other people are going to think about what you are wearing, then maybe you are "too young". Why not start with one fragrance first, see how you like it, and go from there, rather than getting a small collection, unsmelled, based on some consensus of people here? That way you can see how you like it, how your friends like it, and then decide what to do next. It does take some maturity to decide for yourself what you like, but there is no shortcut to trying things for yourself to know.

Re: Too Young?

Hey guys,

Thanks for the replies so far. To me it seems you guys are saying that Burberry London is a good frag to distinguish yourself from the regular A&F Fierce crowd.

In response to docluv45 I can see what you are saying and I would like to buy 1 bottle first and start to get a feel for what I like but because I live in Canada I am just trying to save the 15$ for shipping each time I make an order, that's all.

I was also looking at Boss Bottled. It seems like a pretty safe buy. I am also gunna try to get out and test some of the scents that I am looking into because I really don't want to waste my money on a scent that dosen't work with my body.

Re: Too Young?

Skip out on Rochas, it's a nice scent but doesn't compare with the other 2 (unless you really like it).
London isn't mature, it's different.
Boss Bottled is a safe blind buy, but you may end up liking London more.

Re: Too Young?

Originally Posted by docluv45

I guess some of us may be puzzled as to what you want. I wear fragrance for my own enjoyment, so it really matters to me that the fragrance I wear smells good TO ME. I would rather have one good fragrance than three I'm not crazy about. Some people could argue that wearing fragrance is for men, and that any fragrance out there is "too old" for you unless it has a cartoon character on the box. It almost sounds like there is some rule that a h.s. student needs to have a rotation of a few fragrances which allow him to seem cool amongst his peers, but those fragrances need to be "cool" enough or the effect may backfire.

I get peer pressure. You can wear Fierce or Axe and smell like many other HS boys, or you can smell original and risk other people not recognizing the scent and considering it different in some way: too old, too weird, too strong, too feminine, too whatever. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to buy without smelling beforehand, you are taking a risk that a. you may not like it, and b. other people may not like it either. There is no fragrance that everyone who meets you is going to love. You ask us what we recommend, and we tell you what we like or what we think you might like, but we can't really know. Our stereotypes about what a kid your age or style or situation might like are just slightly more sophisticated than just telling you to wear what everyone else wears.

If you are too worried about other people are going to think about what you are wearing, then maybe you are "too young". Why not start with one fragrance first, see how you like it, and go from there, rather than getting a small collection, unsmelled, based on some consensus of people here? That way you can see how you like it, how your friends like it, and then decide what to do next. It does take some maturity to decide for yourself what you like, but there is no shortcut to trying things for yourself to know.

Re: Too Young?

I'm 18 and wear all three of those. My friends (guys and girls) enjoy them. Just be judicial when spraying because you will be in a warm confined classroom all day which may make Boss #6 cloying. (At least that's what happened with me)